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The successful closure of a colono-cutaneous fistual in the neck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. A. J. Morrison  and
N. M. Breach
G. A. J. Morrison
Affiliation:
London
N. M. Breach*
Affiliation:
London
*
N. M. Breach Esq., F.R.C.S., Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, v Fulham Road, London, S.W.3.
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Abstract

A case is presented of the successful closure of a colono-cutaneous fistula in the neck, which developed twenty-one years after pharyngo-laryngectomy. A pectoralis major muscle flap and a delto-pectoral skin flap were used.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 10 , October 1987 , pp. 1099 - 1102
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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